Predictors of Outcome Post Cardiac Arrest

J Intensive Care Med. 2018 Apr;33(4):248-255. doi: 10.1177/0885066613511045. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

Abstract

Early predictors of prognosis in comatose patients post cardiac arrest help inform decisions surrounding continuation or withdrawal of treatment and provide a framework on which to better inform relatives of the likely outcome. Markers defined prior to the widespread use of therapeutic hypothermia post arrest may no longer be reliable and an up-to-date analysis of the literature is presented.

Keywords: hypothermia; neurological; outcome; post cardiac arrest; predictors.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / therapy
  • Clinical Decision-Making
  • Coma* / physiopathology
  • Electroencephalography / statistics & numerical data
  • Family / psychology
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia, Induced / statistics & numerical data
  • Medical Futility / psychology
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / complications*
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / physiopathology*
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
  • Persistent Vegetative State / diagnosis*
  • Persistent Vegetative State / etiology*
  • Persistent Vegetative State / physiopathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Recovery of Function
  • Survival Rate